Alphonus Sweeney - Seumas O'Kelly collection, [190-?]-1980.

Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972

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Padraic Colum was a noted playwright, essayist, novelist, poet, and author of books for children. Born on December 8, 1881, in Longford, Ireland, Colum came to the United States in 1914 and died on January 12, 1972, in Enfield, Connecticut. Though Colum worked briefly for a railroad, he became a full-time writer in Dublin, Ireland, in 1901. He was a founder of the Irish National Theatre (later known as the Abbey Theatre), and co-founder and editor for a time of the Irish Review. From...

Sweeney, Alphonus

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O'Kelly, Seumas, 1881-1922.

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Irish journalist and author. O'Kelly was born near Loughrea, Co. Galway. His career in journalism began in 1903. He edited a number of periodicals including as The Southern sky, The Dublin saturday post and Sein Fein's Nationality. Additionally, O'Kelly also wrote fiction, plays, and collections of fairy tales. He died in 1918. From the description of Alphonus Sweeney - Seumas O'Kelly collection, [190-?]-1980. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 50550410 ...

O'Kelly, Seumas, approximately 1875-1918

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Seumas O'Kelly was an Irish writer, born in Loughrea in 1881. He worked as a journalist off and on most of his life, contributing articles to the United Irishman and The Connaught Leader. Later he became the editor of The Southern Star and the Leinsten Leader. He is most widely known as a playwright and literary artist, writing plays such as The Matchmakers, The Shuiler's Child and The Bribe. Other notable works include The Parnellite, Meadowsweet, Driftwood, and his short story The...